Foundations of Genetic Algorithms [electronic resource] : 9th International Workshop, FOGA 2007, Mexico City, Mexico, January 8-11, 2007, Revised Selected Papers / edited by Christopher R. Stephens, Marc Toussaint, Darrell Whitley, Peter F. Stadler.

Inbreeding Properties of Geometric Crossover and Non-geometric Recombinations -- Just What Are Building Blocks? -- Sufficient Conditions for Coarse-Graining Evolutionary Dynamics -- On the Brittleness of Evolutionary Algorithms -- Mutative Self-adaptation on the Sharp and Parabolic Ridge -- Genericity of the Fixed Point Set for the Infinite Population Genetic Algorithm -- Neighborhood Graphs and Symmetric Genetic Operators -- Decomposition of Fitness Functions in Random Heuristic Search -- On the Effects of Bit-Wise Neutrality on Fitness Distance Correlation, Phenotypic Mutation Rates and Problem Hardness -- Continuous Optimisation Theory Made Easy? Finite-Element Models of Evolutionary Strategies, Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimizers -- Saddles and Barrier in Landscapes of Generalized Search Operators.